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Skate and Destroy: The First 25 Years of Thrasher Magazine

In January 1981, a group of San Francisco skateboarders put together the
first issue of Thrasher magazine. Today, Thrasher is bigger and better
than ever—its name synonymous with both skateboarding's roots and
constant evolution. Marking Thrasher's anniversary, this jam-packed
retrospective recounts skateboarding's twists and turns of the last two
decades and offers a glimpse at its thriving future. New and old school
skaters alike will love Thrasher: Skate and Destroy. Not only does it
cover the first twenty-five years of the magazine, reprinting the best
of the original columns—"Photograffiti," "Zounds," "Trash," among
others—but it will feature unpublished photos, rejected covers,
interview outtakes, and detailed profiles. Action-packed photos capture
legendary skaters such as: Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Andrew Reynolds,
Tony Alva, Mike Carroll, and Lance Mountain.The definitive guide to the
history and development of skateboarding, no other book will take you as
close to the risk taking, bone breaking world of what has since become
the world's fastest growing extreme sport. With an emphasis on the
current trends that will especially appeal to today's hundreds of
thousands of skaters, this will be the skateboarding bible for fans of
all ages and levels. Like the tattoos carved into the arms of skaters
worldwide, Thrasher is forever. This one's gonna be gnarly!